Oceans May Have 10 Times More Plastic Than We Thought

The world's oceans may contain about 10 times more plastic than the most recent studies suggest. The new figure estimates that the oceans hold more than 250,000 tons of trash, a number vastly different from a past estimate, which suggested the oceans' plastic is mysteriously disappearing . Scientists arrived at the new number by combining visual estimates of trash volume with data collected from trawling the oceans with nets. That's according to study co-author Markus Eriksen, director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute , an organization aiming to understand the plastic pollution in the ocean. http://on.mash.to/1yF2y4X http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ